Introducing
AutoContent Wizard within Microsoft PowerPoint
1.
Open the Microsoft PowerPoint program.
2. on the screen, click on the AutoContent wizard at the right in the “new presentation” window
3.
when
the when the AutoContent Wizard window appears, read it and then proceed to the
next step by clicking the “next” button
4. In the next step click on the “general” button and make sure that “Generic” is highlighted and click next.
5. When the next window appears click “on screen presentation” and click next.
6.
Then
click and type the information required for the title slide. Enter the
presentation title “All About Me” for this training session. Add your name as
the footer and click next.
7.
When
the next window appears, click finish. The window will appear as follows.
8.
The outline on the right side of your screen contains
phrases that prompt you to add specific information. The title “All About Me“
should be visible beside slide #1 on the outline. Double click “introduction”
and type “Meet” and then your name. Highlight “State the purpose” and type
“after this slideshow, you will know a little more about me.” Then press the
enter key and type “Hi, my name is _________ and I teach _________. Read
through the outline and think of a specific situation where you would use this
format. Discuss this in your training group or make notes if you are doing this
alone. 
9. If you prefer to work from a slide view to enter information for each slide, ***************************************************************click on the “slides” tab at your left.
***save frequently ***
10.
“Topic of discussion” is slide #3. Single click on the
title and a frame will appear. Click and drag to highlight the title then type
“Personally and Professionally Speaking”. Text will not fit in original placeholder! To
stretch your box, move the cursor to one of the corners of the text box until a
2-way arrow appears. To resize the box, click and drag the corner outwards. 
11. Click once beside “state the main ideas”. highlight the entire sentence and type “My family history, hobbies and professional background are what make me unique.” Click and drag upward (as in step 10) to make the placeholder smaller.
12.
Move cursor to the side of the top frame until it
becomes a 4-way arrow. Click and drag the entire object to the middle of the
slide. 
13. Click on the down arrow at the bottom of the scroll bar at the left to move to the next slide (#4). Click and drag to highlight the text “topic one”. Then type “Family History” and click out of the text box.
14. Click at the end of the word topic to view placeholder. Highlight the text and type details about your family.***save frequently ***
15.
Then
go to the “format” menu and choose “font”. Here you can change the font, font
size, and color of the text in the text box that you have selected. Do so if
you think it is necessary and click the ok button. 
16. On the scroll bar, click to move to slide #5. Highlight the words “topic two” and type “Hobbies”. Then click and type details about your hobbies.
17. On this slide you will insert clipart that pertains to your hobbies. Go to the menu labeled “insert” and choose “picture” and “clipart”.
18.
Search for a picture pertaining to your hobby and click
on it to insert it. 
19. Click and drag the clipart to move it around on the page.
20. Right click on the picture and click copy. Right click and click paste to have a duplicate of your picture to position.
21. Move to slide #6, highlight topic three and type “professional background”. Click to add detail as prompted.***save frequently***
22. For slide #7, think of a real life story to share and then complete the slide.
23. Move to slide eight. Delete this slide by right clicking on the picture of the slide in the left hand frame and selecting “delete slide”. Move to slide eight again and delete the slide.
24. To insert a new slide, go to the menu labeled insert and select new slide. On the right hand frame, select blank slide.
25.
To insert a text box, click on the following
button at the bottom of the screen. Click and drag outward to create the place
holder and click inside of the placeholder to type. In the box, type “the
end!”. Then go to the format menu and choose font. Change your style and size
and then click ok.
26. to spell check your show, select spelling from the menu labeled “tools”
27. To view the show, go to the menu labeled slideshow and select view show. Click to proceed through all of your slides.
28.
to setup timings for your show, go to the slideshow
menu and select rehearse timings. Each slide will appear with a small digital
timer at the top left. Click anywhere on each slide when the timer gets to
29.
go to slideshow and set up show and make sure the
following are selected. And click ok. Now your slideshow will continuously play
until you press the “esc” button. 
30. to create slide transitions, go to slideshow and choose slide transition. This will allow you to choose an effect that will appear as the slides change. Click “dissolve”, set the speed to “medium” and select “apply to all slides”.
31. to create a preset animation, lets start with slide two. Select the “meet…” placeholder. Go to slideshow , preset animations and appear. Now select thew “after this slideshow…” box and from the animation schemes select wipe right. Repeat this step on at least two other slides.
32. to view your show go to slideshow and view show.
33. SIT BACK, RELAX, AND LET THE SHOW BEGIN!